College.
It's not even April, and the college stuff is getting super intense and super exciting.
I was rejected from MIT. Yes, I'm disappointed. I could have worked harder in high school or had a more personal list of extracurriculars. I could have spent a longer time on my application or visited the campus frequently or spent my weekends learning a new language or moving to India to have a better shot at getting in. Sorry that I couldn't single-handedly rid the world of hunger or poverty or cure cancer. I will thrive somewhere else (I'll have to), and it will be okay. The kids who got into MIT are very lucky and will have many fantastic opportunities, so I hope they appreciate them in the way I would have.
However, the world is still good for me. I got into my "safety" schools back in December, and within the past week, I got into two more schools. They're not my favorites, mostly because they're in upstate New York, but I am still excited. Here's what I've got.
Mass. College of Pharmacy - Presidential Scholarship ($12 K) + Fed. Stafford Loan ($3,500) = $15,500
- Premedical Program
Northeastern University - Dean's Scholarship ($14 K) + Fed. Stafford Loan ($3,500) = $17,500
- Behavioral Neuroscience
- Honors Program
Union College - Presidential Scholarship ($16,462) + Fed. Stafford Loan ($3,500) + Fed. Work-Study ($1,800)
- Eligible for the Converging Technologies Scholars Program ($5,000-$7,000 scholarship, research, etc.)
= $21,762-$28,762
University of Rochester - Rush Rhees Scholarship ($12 K) + Rochester National Grant ($3,600) + Fed. Stafford Loan ($3,500) = $19,100
- Eligible for a Rochester Portable Research Grant ($3,000 towards any sort of research, learning, internship, service, travel, etc. after freshman year but before graduation)
So those are my options right now. Four more colleges to hear from. More decisions to make. I think Rochester's at the top at the moment for where I got in... but so much money from Union! Ah. We'll see.
I was rejected from MIT. Yes, I'm disappointed. I could have worked harder in high school or had a more personal list of extracurriculars. I could have spent a longer time on my application or visited the campus frequently or spent my weekends learning a new language or moving to India to have a better shot at getting in. Sorry that I couldn't single-handedly rid the world of hunger or poverty or cure cancer. I will thrive somewhere else (I'll have to), and it will be okay. The kids who got into MIT are very lucky and will have many fantastic opportunities, so I hope they appreciate them in the way I would have.
However, the world is still good for me. I got into my "safety" schools back in December, and within the past week, I got into two more schools. They're not my favorites, mostly because they're in upstate New York, but I am still excited. Here's what I've got.
Mass. College of Pharmacy - Presidential Scholarship ($12 K) + Fed. Stafford Loan ($3,500) = $15,500
- Premedical Program
Northeastern University - Dean's Scholarship ($14 K) + Fed. Stafford Loan ($3,500) = $17,500
- Behavioral Neuroscience
- Honors Program
Union College - Presidential Scholarship ($16,462) + Fed. Stafford Loan ($3,500) + Fed. Work-Study ($1,800)
- Eligible for the Converging Technologies Scholars Program ($5,000-$7,000 scholarship, research, etc.)
= $21,762-$28,762
University of Rochester - Rush Rhees Scholarship ($12 K) + Rochester National Grant ($3,600) + Fed. Stafford Loan ($3,500) = $19,100
- Eligible for a Rochester Portable Research Grant ($3,000 towards any sort of research, learning, internship, service, travel, etc. after freshman year but before graduation)
So those are my options right now. Four more colleges to hear from. More decisions to make. I think Rochester's at the top at the moment for where I got in... but so much money from Union! Ah. We'll see.